A team of researchers from Shanghai Jiaotong University and Tongji University in China and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in Calif. has developed a technique for producing bioglass scaffolds that alone can successfully repair large defects in load-bearing bones.

The 2015 GOMD-DGG brings together glass experts working on all areas of theory, experimentation, and manufacturing. ACerS AACS Division, also in Miami, held a workshop on ancient glass research activities.

Despite the fact that there have been amazing advances in healthcare in the past several decades, there are still needs to be addressed, still problems to fix, and still places where advanced materials like glass and ceramics can fill important gaps (including some literal gaps).